Proto-West Germanic

*hlid

‘lid, cover’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *hlid.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *hlid, most familiar first.

• lid ← hlid
• eyelid ← eyelidd ← *ēaghlid ← *augahlid

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hlid